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Orange County Board of Education elects Atherton chair, Padilla vice chair and waives remote-vote restriction
Summary
At its organizational meeting the Orange County Board of Education voted to waive a policy limiting the effect of remote votes for this election, elected Mr. Atherton as chair and Wendy Padilla as vice chair by written ballot, and signed the board's code of ethics. Remote members' ballots were printed and filed as public records.
The Orange County Board of Education, at its organizational meeting, voted to waive a board policy limiting the effect of remote participation, elected Mr. Atherton as chair and Wendy Padilla as vice chair by written ballot and signed the board's code of ethics.
Board attorney Jason Weber told members that the board's remote-participation rule (Board Policy 2302, section C.8) normally prevents remote members' votes from counting if those votes are necessary to establish a majority. "If the affirmative votes of 1 or more members participating remotely are necessary to establish a majority or super majority as applicable, the motion will not carry," Weber…
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